Lloyd’s List: Tanker Optimism Against the Odds
“An Interesting thing happened on the way to the tanker crisis: tanker owners are not wearing a look of…
Pier Pressure
The proposed project to expand Pier 400 – Berth 408 in the port of Los Angeles has engendered a…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail-selling prices static, with some narrowed ranges.
- Midwest selling ranges mostly steady, but some area assessments lowered…
Lloyd’s List: Owners Eye Brighter Future as VLCC Rate Rises Expected
“The moderate supply of very large crude carriers available for employment in the Middle East Gulf is helping to…
Lloyd’s List: The Price of Low Sulphur
“The recent increase in marine fuel prices is adding to the financial pressure on ship operators on top of…
Oil & Gas Journal: Pipeline, Politics and China
“Oil & Gas Journal wrote of “politics’ seeming primacy in determining the fates of large pipeline projects around the…
Baby, It’s a Wild World
2011 is shaping up to be quite the year. We managed to escape the End of Days, but a…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast asphalt retail selling prices move higher in New England.
- East Coast and Gulf Coast flux retail and barge…
Lloyd’s List: Owners Reluctant to Snap up MR Product Tanker Bargains
“Freight rates may be climbing, re-sale opportunities remain scarce and current owners are holding onto their assets amid bullish…
Tradewinds: Poten in Products Caution
“Cash-rich owners looking to jump on depressed newbuilding prices in the products tanker market may want to think twice…